Yasin Kilwe

Yasin Kilwe (1981-) was the emir of Puntland under al-Shabaab.

Biography
Yasin Kilwe was born in 1981 in Dahar District, Haylaan, Somalia to a Sunni Muslim Somali family; he was from the Dubays subclan of Warsangali. In late February 2012, he pledged allegiance to al-Shabaab and al-Qaeda in a recorded statement, having led militants in the Galgala Hills of the Golis mountains. Kilwe became the emir of Puntland for al-Shabaab, and he carried out several attacks against security officers.